Winged Victory

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Summary: Never Lend Your Copy To Anyone
Review: This is THE book about war flying. Long out of print, if you are lucky enough to find a copy, keep it safe. Do not let your dog eat your other copy (that's what happened to me).

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Summary: Heroes With Wood & Canvas Steeds
Review: What a remarkable book! There really aren't that many stories of WWI aviation that I haven't read, so I was delighted to find this one on Amazon. It's written with marvelous attention to detail and with a great sense of authenticity. Often I had to pause to look up a word that has fallen out of usage these days. As other reviewers have mentioned, there are no "knights of the air" in this story, just young men doing a job the best they can. In fact, the story's protagonist often finds himself mourning the deaths of the German airmen that fall to the British Vickers machine guns. My only complaint (a minor one) is the cover: It shows an SE5a in a dogfight. Tom and his squadron fly the now-famous Sopwith Camel. Altogether, a great read and a book that I will re-visit from time to time.